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Lee, Yoon, Kim, Kim, Kim, Park, Lee, Lee, Koong, Han, Chae, Park, and Youn: Diagnostic and prognostic value of preoperative 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography for colorectal cancer: comparison with conventional computed tomography

Abstract

Background/Aims

18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) has been used for preoperative staging of colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the diagnostic accuracy of FDG-PET/CT for detection of lymph node or distant metastasis and its prognostic role have not been well established. We therefore evaluated the diagnostic and prognostic value of FDG-PET/CT in comparison with conventional CT for CRC.

Methods

We investigated 220 patients who underwent preoperative FDG-PET/CT and CT, followed by curative surgery for CRC. The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of FDG-PET/CT and CT for detection of lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis were evaluated. In addition, we assessed the findings of FDG-PET/CT and CT according to outcomes, including cancer recurrence and cancer-related death, for evaluation of prognostic value.

Results

For detection of lymph node metastasis, FDG-PET/CT had a sensitivity of 44%, a specificity of 84%, and an accuracy of 67%, compared with 59%, 65%, and 62%, respectively, for CT (P=0.029, P=0.000, and P=0.022). For distant metastasis, FDG-PET/CT had a sensitivity of 79%, a specificity of 94%, and an accuracy of 93%, compared with 79%, 87%, and 86%, respectively, for CT (P=1.000, P=0.004, and P=0.037). In addition, positive findings of lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis on FDG-PET/CT were associated significantly with cancer recurrence or cancer-related death (P=0.009, P=0.001, respectively).

Conclusions

Preoperative FDG-PET/CT had a higher specificity and accuracy compared to CT for detection of lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis of CRC. In addition, FDG-PET/CT could be a valuable prognostic tool for CRC.

INTRODUCTION

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in males and the second most diagnosed cancer in females, accounting for over one million cases per year worldwide.1 The overall survival or disease-free survival of CRC has improved because of more accurate preoperative staging using advanced imaging technology and better treatment options, including refinements in surgical techniques and more options for chemotherapy and radiation therapy.2
Choosing and planning the appropriate therapies depend on the use of non-invasive imaging that accurately identifies the extent of disease involvement.3 Fluorine-18 (18F) fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET/CT is one of the developments of imaging technology. The primary indications for FDG-PET/CT in CRC are for staging, restaging, and detection of recurrence. The value of FDG-PET/CT for detecting recurrence and/or metastasis of CRC is well established.456 In addition, the effectiveness of FDG-PET/CT for predicting chemotherapy response has been studied.37
However, the diagnostic accuracy of FDG-PET/CT for detection of lymph node or distant metastasis has not been fully assessed, and the prognostic role of preoperative FDG-PET/CT for CRC is not well established. We therefore evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of preoperative FDG-PET/CT compared with conventional CT for CRC, and also investigated the prognostic role of FDG-PET/CT.

METHODS

1. Patients

Between January 2009 and June 2012, 220 patients who underwent curative surgery for CRC in Chungbuk National University Hospital were included in this retrospective study. Preoperative whole body FDG-PET/CT, and chest and abdominopelvic contrast-enhanced CT scans were performed in each case. For all patients, pathologic staging was obtained after surgery. Patients who underwent palliative surgery or preoperative chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy, and patients who did not undergo preoperative FDG-PET/CT were excluded (Fig. 1). Data were obtained by review of medical records. This study was conducted with the approval of the Institutional Review Board of Chungbuk National University Hospital.

2. Materials

Patient clinical features, including age and gender, factors that could affect the accuracy of the FDG-PET/CT such as blood sugar level, and mean CEA level were collected. Operation and pathologic features such as cancer size, location, cell type, differentiation, stage, and microsatellite instability (MSI) status were also collected. Data for maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax), lymph node metastasis, and distant metastasis in FDG-PET/CT and CT were collected.
CT was performed with a 64-slice scanner (Brilliance CT; Philips Healthcare, Cleveland, OH, USA) and nonionic intravenous contrast material was administered at a dose of 2 mL/kg up to a maximum of 180 mL. FDG-PET/CT studies were performed on a hybrid PET/CT scanner (Discovery STE; GE Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI, USA). Patients fasted for at least 6 hours before the scan. Blood glucose levels were recorded prior to 18F-FDG administration. If the serum glucose level was greater than 200 mg/dL, the study was rescheduled. Patients were injected with 296 to 370 MBq of 18F-FDG. Imaging was performed 60 minutes later in accordance with the institutional PET protocol, including two-dimensional mode acquisition with a field of view of 15 cm. All images were reconstructed using post-emission transmission attenuation-corrected data sets.
The CT scan was reviewed by experienced radiologists in our institute; regional lymph nodes of 1 cm or larger were regarded as lymph node metastasis, and other site abnormalities interpreted as probable metastatic disease were regarded as distant metastasis. FDG-PET/CT images were interpreted using visualization and semiquantitative analysis by an experienced nuclear medicine physician, and the criterion for malignancy was accepted as 18F-FDG hypermetabolism at the site of pathological changes noted on CT, or via marked focal hypermetabolism at the physiological uptake sites. Distant metastasis in FDG-PET/CT were defined as positive or indicative of malignancy in organs other than the primary CRC site. SUVmax was calculated for all pathological lesions.
Cancer recurrence and cancer-related death were investigated by reviewing medical records or making phone calls to patients or patient's families for the assessment of prognosis.

3. Statistical Analysis

Descriptive numerical values were reported as mean±SD and percentage. For comparison of sensitivity, specificity, and the accuracy of detection of lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis by CT and FDG-PET/CT, the chi-square test and McNemar test were used. Kaplan-Meier and log-rank methods were used to analyze the prognosis for CRC. All P-values were two-sided, with P<0.05 considered statistically significant. All statistical analyses were carried out using SPSS for Windows version 18.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA).

RESULTS

1. Baseline Characteristics of the Study Population

Among the 220 patients with CRC, the mean age was 63.8 years and the mean cancer size was 25.2 cm3. Left-sided colon cancer accounted for 73.2%, while right-sided cancer accounted for 26.8%. Adenocarcinoma cell type was found in 94.5% of patients, and 87.7% of these patients showed moderate differentiation. Stages II and III accounted for 81.8% of all patients. Cancer recurrence and cancer-related death occurred in 32 (14.5%) and eight (3.6%) of the patients, respectively (Table 1).

2. Diagnostic Yield of FDG-PET/CT and CT for CRC

CT had significantly higher sensitivity compared to FDG-PET/CT for detection of lymph node metastasis (59% vs. 44%, P=0.029). On the other hand, FDG-PET/CT had significantly higher specificity and accuracy than CT for detection of lymph node metastasis (84% vs. 65%, P=0.000; 67% vs. 62%, P=0.022) (Table 2). In addition, FDG-PET/CT had significantly higher specificity and accuracy than CT for detection of distant metastasis (94% vs. 87%, P=0.004; 93% vs. 86%, P=0.037); however, there was no difference in sensitivity between FDG-PET/CT and CT for detection of distant metastasis (79% vs. 79%, P=1.000) (Table 3). Tumor SUVmax of FDG-PET/CT was significantly correlated with tumor size alone (P=0.001). Metastatic sites on FDG-PET/CT were liver (n=8), lung (n=8), bone (n=4), peritoneum (n=2), and other organs including spleen and kidney (n=1). However, the numbers of among organs were too small to be meaningful in statistical analysis.

3. Prognostic Yield of FDG-PEG/CT and CT for CRC

Age, gender, blood glucose level, location, cell type, cancer size, CEA level, SUVmax, and MSI had no significant relationship with prognosis. Factors influencing prognosis of CRC were cell differentiation and cancer stage (P=0.020, P<0.001, respectively). In addition, positive findings for lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis on FDG-PET/CT were associated significantly with cancer recurrence or cancer-related death (P=0.009, P=0.001, respectively), whereas positive findings for lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis on CT were not associated with cancer recurrence or cancer-related death (P=0.116, P=0.120, respectively) (Figs. 2 and 3).

DISCUSSION

A number of imaging modalities are used in the preoperative staging of CRC, including CT, MRI, ultrasound imaging, and FDG-PET/CT. CT is an established method for staging CRC, and a cross-sectional imaging technique that uses X-rays provides detailed anatomical information.8 FDG-PET/CT scan is not routinely indicated and should be used to evaluate an equivocal finding on a contrast-enhanced CT scan or in patients with contraindications to intravenous contrast.9 However, according to several studies, FDG-PET/CT can be a valuable tool in accurate staging; FDG-PET/CT can aid in the management of patients with primary CRC, and can be useful for ambiguous or equivocal lesions on CT.101112 In addition, a major drawback of CT is that it does not provide functional information and hence cannot reliably discriminate between enlarged cancerous nodes and enlarged benign reactive nodes. On the other hand, FDG-PET/CT, which provides both anatomic and functional information, has been shown to be accurate in diagnosing primary colorectal tumor extension and metastasis.13 FDG-PET/CT has also been used for diagnostic staging in recurrent CRC.14 Furthermore, it has been reported to influence surgical decision-making in up to 40% of patients with documented recurrence by other imaging methods.15161718
In this study, we found that preoperative FDG-PET/CT had a higher specificity and accuracy compared to CT for detection of lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis in patients with CRC. The higher specificity of FDG-PET/CT for lymph node metastasis is related to nonspecific lymph node enlargement or reactive changes.19 Frequently, CT shows inflammatory or nonspecific lymph node enlargement as a positive finding. However, these findings do not always mean true malignant lymph node metastasis. Additionally, the higher specificity of FDG-PET/CT for distant metastasis is related to liver metastasis, because the most frequent site of CRC metastasis is the liver, and FDG-PET/CT accurately identifies hepatic metastasis.202122 Thus, FDG-PET/CT can be used for accurate staging of patients with primary CRC, with higher specificity than CT. However, despite its high specificity in characterizing lymph node involvement, FDG-PET/CT had lower sensitivity than CT for regional lymph node metastasis. The higher false-negative rate for FDG-PET/CT is due to its limited spatial resolution, which makes it difficult to detect proximal lymph node metastasis from the primary tumor.23 This means that preoperative FDG-PET/CT may have low value for detecting regional lymph node metastasis surrounding a primary lesion. Additionally, FDG-PET/CT is limited by minimum detectable lesion size.24 SUV, especially in smaller lesions, is generally proportional to lesion size.25 That is why this study showed that SUVmax was significantly related to tumor size. Therefore, small lymph node metastasis can be hard to detect with FDG-PET/CT, resulting in low sensitivity of the examination. However, if the SUVmax is 2 or 3, pathological metastatic lymph nodes can frequently be seen.26 In addition, FDG-PET/CT with high specificity can help to clarify the nature of uncertain lymph nodes detected by other imaging modalities such as CT.
In our study, we evaluated the factors influencing the prognosis of CRC. Age, gender, blood glucose level, location, cell type, cancer size, CEA level, SUVmax, and MSI did not affect CRC prognosis. Factors influencing the prognosis were cell differentiation and cancer stage. Additionally, positive findings of lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis on FDG-PET/CT were valuable as prognostic factors for CRC. The high prognostic impact of lymph node metastasis in CRC is well established.27 In this study, CRC staging for event-free survival was based on the imaging finding, not on final pathologic stage. CT uses size as the main criterion in the assessment of nodal involvement, although lymph node size is not an ideal indicator of metastasis and lacks accuracy.28 The accuracy of CT for detection of lymph node metastasis was 62.3% in this study, and this is why CT was not associated with event-free survival in CRC. Several studies have shown that FDG-PET/CT can be predictive of prognosis for postoperative recurrent CRC. Imdahl et al.29 showed that FDG-PET/CT has greater accuracy for staging of recurrent CRC than CT. Fernandez et al.30 showed that screening with FDG-PET/CT was associated with post-resection five-year overall survival for patients who underwent resection of hepatic metastasis from CRC. Additionally, Flanagan et al.31 reported that FDG-PET/CT was a valuable imaging tool in patients who had a rising CEA level after colorectal surgery. Because FDG-PET/CT has higher accuracy for detection of lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis, it can be valuable for predicting prognosis. It is notable that FDG-PET/CT, as an accurate preoperative staging method, can determine appropriate management decisions and precise prognosis in patients with CRC.
This study had several limitations, including its retrospective single-center study design and relatively short-term follow-up. Only patients who underwent preoperative FDG-PET/CT were included, and patients who underwent preoperative chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy were excluded. However, accurate pathologic staging was accomplished because all patients in our study underwent surgery, and a relatively large number of patients were enrolled and followed up.
In conclusion, this study showed that preoperative FDG-PET/CT had a higher specificity and accuracy compared to CT scan for detection of lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis of CRC. In addition, positive findings of lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis on FDG-PET/CT were significantly associated with poor outcome; thus, FDG-PET/CT could be useful as a prognostic tool for CRC. Additional well-powered and prospective studies are needed to validate our findings.

Notes

Financial support: This work was supported by the overseas dispatch program of Chungbuk National University in 2014.

Conflict of interest: None.

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Fig. 1

Study population. PDG, fluorodeoxyglucose.

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Fig. 2

Prognosis according to finding for lymph node and distant metastasis on CT scan. (A) Prognosis according to positive finding of lymph node metastasis. (B) Prognosis according to positive finding of distant metastasis.

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Fig. 3

Prognosis according to finding for lymph node and distant metastasis on fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET/CT. (A) Prognosis according to positive finding of lymph node metastasis on FDG-PET/CT. (B) Prognosis according to positive finding of distant metastasis on FDG-PET/CT.

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Table 1

Baseline Characteristics of the Study Population

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Parameter Value
Age (yr) 63.8±11.6
Sex
 Male 129 (58.6)
 Female 91 (41.4)
CEA (ng/mL) 8.7±24.7
Blood sugar level (mg/dL) 118.1±39.9
SUVmax 13.7±6.9
Cancer size (cm3) 25.2±30.8
Location
 Ascending colon 38 (17.3)
 Transverse colon 21 (9.5)
 Descending colon 9 (4.1)
 Sigmoid colon 71 (32.3)
 Rectum 81 (36.8)
Right-sided vs. left-sided colon
 Right 59 (26.8)
 Left 161 (73.2)
Cell type
 Tubular adenocarcinoma 208 (94.5)
 Mucinous adenocarcinoma 12 (5.5)
Differentiation
 Well-differentiated 15 (6.8)
 Moderately differentiated 193 (87.7)
 Poorly-differentiated 12 (5.5)
Stage
 I 28 (12.7)
 II 98 (44.5)
 III 82 (37.3)
 IV 12 (5.5)
Depth of invasion
 T1 9 (4.1)
 T2 31 (14.4)
 T3 149 (67.7)
 T4 31 (14.1)
Lymph node metastasis
 N0 128 (58.2)
 N1 74 (33.6)
 N2 18 (8.2)
Distant metastasis
 M0 206 (93.6)
 M1 14 (6.4)
MSI
 MSS 80 (36.4)
 MSI (high or low) 14 (6.4)
Event
 Cancer recurrence 32 (14.5)
 Cancer-related death 8 (3.6)

Values are presented as mean±SD or number (%).

SUVmax, maximum standardized uptake value; MSI, microsatellite instability; MSS, microsatellite stability.

Table 2

Diagnostic Yield of CT and FDG-PET/CT for Lymph Node Metastasis in Colorectal Cancer

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CT (%) FDG-PET/CT (%) P-value
Accuracy 62.3 66.8 0.022
Sensitivity 58.7 43.5 0.029
Specificity 64.8 83.6 0.000
PPV 54.5 65.6 -
NPV 68.6 67.3 -

FDG, fluorodeoxyglucose; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.

Table 3

Diagnostic Yield of CT and FDG-PET/CT for Distant Metastasis in Colorectal Cancer

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CT (%) FDG-PET/CT (%) P-value
Accuracy 86.4 92.7 0.037
Sensitivity 78.6 78.6 1.000
Specificity 86.9 93.7 0.004
PPV 28.9 45.8 -
NPV 98.4 98.5 -

FDG, fluorodeoxyglucose; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.

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